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Isolated failure and a new prototype -- Vestas 2 MW and 3 MW

Negative publicity for Vestas' flagship 2 MW wind turbine continued last month when the design proto...

No effect on property values -- New US study of wind plant

A new US report has given wind project developers an answer to opponents who claim that safety conce...

Tariff dispute

The Dutch government's proposed new tariffs for wind power are based on a report by the national Ene...

New faces at CanWEA pre-conference technical course

Anyone looking for evidence of the changing face of the Canadian wind industry need look no further ...

EcoJoule completes studies for pioneering 20 MW wind project in Peru

German company EcoJoule is this month set to complete 12 months of resource studies for a proposed 2...

Human error behind Nordex turbine failure

Human error caused the destruction of one of 16 Nordex 2.5 MW turbines newly installed at Havø...

UN launches development network to promote renewables

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has launched the Global Network on Energy for Sustaina...

Wind project costs and turbine prices falling reveals DEWI study

Wind project costs in Germany fell by 7% and turbine prices were reduced by 9% between 1998 and 2001...

Second Gamesa Eólica 2 MW prototype in Spain

A second Gamesa Eolica G80, 2 MW prototype turbine has gone up in Spain, this time installed by Corp...

IEA website offering information on wind energy development

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is launching a website offering information on wind energy dev...

Cape Cod opponents lose court bid to stop research tower

Wind farm opponents lost a court bid to stop construction of a weather monitoring tower in Nantucket...

Canadian firm builds German turbines -- Ontario start with 50 MW

A Canadian consortium is joining forces with Germany's REpower Systems to manufacture REpower's 750 ...

Words on blade ownership

From Dr Ing. Roland Stoer, technical director, EUROS GmbH, Berlin, Germany Regarding your report on ...

One-off NEG Micon turbine failure blamed on subcontractor

The loss of an entire rotor and hub from an NEG Micon 500 kW turbine in Germany last month was the r...

Another blocking manoeuvre

Opponents of a 170 turbine offshore wind farm proposed for Cape Cod have filed suit in US federal co...

Report on getting the most out of state and federal wind incentives

State policymakers in the US should try to structure their wind power incentive programs so they lev...

Grid stability and expansion challenges

As wind energy continues to grow in Germany and the offshore market gears up for massive development...

Pushing the technology limits

Beyond the fuss of its divorce with utility Iberdrola, EHN continues trail blazing in wind power, no...

Massive renewables potential in central and eastern Europe investigated

An American engineering firm based in Kansas is studying the feasibility of adding renewable energy ...

Possible serious start for wind as German company announces investment

More than a year after InfraVest of Germany abandoned plans to develop four wind farms with a combin...

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